The world's largest aircraft, the Airlander 10, has returned to the skies for the first time in 2017.

Nicknamed the 'flying bum' because of its distinctive shape the £25 million airship required repairs after a test flight crash last year.

Taking to Twitter, the huge aircraft's builders, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), have shared images of the aircraft taking off.

In a statement ahead of the flight the company said: "The regulatory requirements of this flight means we will be no more than 15 miles from Cardington airfield at any time and no higher than 4,000 feet, but we expect to be closer to the airfield and a little lower than that during this flight."

The Airlander is 92 metres long and has a wingspan of just over 43 metres.